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1) One by one
Author
Language
English
Description
"Getting snowed in at a luxurious, rustic ski chalet doesn't sound like the worst problem in the world, especially with others to keep you company. Unless that company happens to be eight of your coworkers ... each with something to gain, something to lose, and something to hide. When the cofounder of Snoop, a trendy London-based tech startup, organizes a weeklong trip for the team in the French Alps, tensions simmer and loyalties are tested. Then...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a natural disaster predicted by God's Gardeners leader Adam One obliterates most human life, two survivors trapped inside respective establishments that metaphorically represent paradise and hell wonder if any of their loved ones have survived, while the outside world is overcome by gene-spliced life forms.
Author
Series
Sigma Force volume 17
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Language
English
Description
"An international research station in the Coral Sea comes under siege during a geological disaster that triggers massive quakes, deadly tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. To stop the world from burning, it's up to Sigma Force to uncover a secret buried at the heart of our planet"--
5) Floods
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!
Pub. Date
c2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs help early fluent readers understand how floods form, the damage they can cause, and how to stay safe in one.
Author
Publisher
[Stacy Galloway]
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 296 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the Ural mountains of the Soviet Union in January of 1959 nine hikers set out on a winter excursion. In February a search party finds their bodies: some are burned; some have crushed ribs; some are missing their eyes and one is missing her tongue. This book explores the question of what happened to these experienced hikers and why they left their warm shelter to venture half-clothed into the freezing Siberian winter.
Author
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Everybody reads Danielle Steel! Now the #1 New York Times bestselling author returns with a powerful and dramatic novel that once again confirms her reputation as America's favorite storyteller"--
"A 38-year-old American interior designer based in London and her independent-minded 74-year-old architect mother; a British investment banker in New York to see his ex-wife and young children; a resident ER doctor who experienced Hurricane Sandy when...
9) The noise
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In the shadow of Mount Hood, sixteen-year-old Tennant is checking rabbit traps with her eight-year-old sister Sophie when the girls are suddenly overcome by a strange vibration rising out of the forest, building in intensity until it sounds like a deafening crescendo of screams. From out of nowhere, their father sweeps them up and drops them through a trapdoor into a storm cellar. But the sound only gets worse..."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
76 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
An account of the work of volcanologists Andy Lockhart, John Pallister and their team describes their life-risking efforts to investigate dangerous volcanoes that pose threats to more than one billion people worldwide.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 301 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
What Stands in a Storm tells the story of the deadliest day of the biggest tornado outbreak in the history of recorded weather on April 11, 2011.
Author
Publisher
Apollo Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
349 p.
Language
English
Description
On September 11, 2001, high school senior Lila Nordstrom watched from her classroom's window as the Twin Towers, mere blocks away, fell. Weeks later, at the urging of local officials and assurance from the EPA, Lila and her three thousand classmates were returned to their school; even though the air was thick with toxic debris, dust, and smoke.
In this remarkable, empowering memoir, Lila shares how the illnesses and deaths of her classmates related...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
337 p.
Language
English
Description
Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
223 p.
Language
English
Description
In the Ural mountains of the Soviet Union in January of 1959 nine hikers set out on a winter excursion. In February a search party finds their bodies: some are burned; some have crushed ribs; some are missing their eyes and one is missing her tongue. This book explores the question of what happened to these experienced hikers and why they left their warm shelter to venture half-clothed into the freezing Siberian winter.
15) Breath by breath
Author
Series
Step by step volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
240 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Breath by Breath is the explosive conclusion to the near-future, science fiction thriller trilogy Step by Step from the bestselling author Morgan Llywelyn and follows the events of Drop by Drop and Inch by Inch. In Breath by Breath, book three in the trilogy, the residents of Sycamore River have weathered the Change and the nuclear war it provoked. They emerge to try to build a life from the shattered remains of their town. But for some, the very...
Author
Publisher
Weldon Owen
Pub. Date
c2015
Physical Desc
231 p. : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When disaster strikes, will you be ready? How would you handle a raging house fire? What about an avalanche? A serious car crash? A grizzly bear attack? A deadly plague? Survival expert Tim Mac Welch has the solutions to a world of survival scenarios.
18) The kill order
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traces the fateful period after the Earth is decimated by catastrophic solar flares and reveals the stories behind the formation of WICKED, the construction of the Glade, and Thomas' entry into the Maze.
19) The rain watcher
Author
Language
English
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Description
"The first new novel in four years from the beloved superstar author of Sarah's Key, a heartbreaking and uplifting story of family secrets and devastating disaster, in the tradition of THE NEST. "Hypnotic, passionate, ominous and tender--unforgettable." --Jenna Blum, New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Those Who Save Us The Rain Watcher is a powerful family drama set in Paris as the Malegarde family gathers to celebrate the father's...